The reeds by the riverside are just sprouting in spring, and many people will pick these young shoots, then pluck the surface skin and take out the core of the root to eat. Are these reed shoots asparagus? What is the relationship between asparagus and reeds? Is asparagus a reed when it grows up?

1. Reeds

Have little food value. Reeds belong to the grass family and are tall grasses that grow in water or wetlands. Reeds grow small, pointed shoots in the spring, and in the fall they form large reed swamps. However, the shoots of reeds in spring are not asparagus, they are just reed seedlings.

2. Asparagus

A vegetable with high nutritional value. Asparagus belongs to the lily family, is a plant that needs to be planted, asparagus young stems out of the ground to see the sunlight becomes green, called green asparagus, mainly used for direct consumption, while the soil softened is white asparagus, mainly used for canning. Asparagus is a nutritious vegetable, containing protein, calcium, iron and many vitamins.

3. Be careful eating the buds of reeds

Spring just sprouted reeds itself non-toxic, but the taste is bitter, and there is no nutritional value, we still do not want to eat good. At the same time, the reeds are mostly grown in the river, it is easy to be contaminated, consumption is not conducive to health.